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Congo Congolese rebels closing in on provincial capital of Goma
Wed. October 29, 2008 08:37 am. - (SomaliNet) Despite being attacked by United Nations peacekeepers in helicopters, Congolese rebels are closing in relentlessly on the provincial capital of Goma. Congolese government troops scram Read More...

Niger: Court fines Niger €15 000 in slavery case
Wed. October 29, 2008 08:34 am. - (SomaliNet) In a landmark ruling with implications across the region, West African judges on Monday fined the state of Niger the equivalent of €15 000 for failing to protect a woman sold into slavery. Read More...

South African women mobilize against Zimbabwe abuses
Wed. October 29, 2008 08:33 am. - (SomaliNet) South African women's organisations on Tuesday began mobilising to pressure Kgalema Motlanthe's government to act against continuing police brutality against women, after the detention of Read More...

Zimbabawe: Ruling party ‘not serious'-says opposition MDC
Wed. October 29, 2008 08:32 am. - (SomaliNet) President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF is not ready to enter into a "genuine" co-operative government under a power-sharing deal, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC said on Tuesday. Tendai Read More...

Egypt: Sunni Islam's highest authority approves woman's right to fight back
Wed. October 29, 2008 08:30 am. - (SomaliNet) Sunni Islam's highest authority has approved a woman's right to fight back if her husband uses violence against her. The declaration by Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atrash, who heads Al-Azha Read More...

Zimbabawe: Police arrests some 50 demonstrators
Tue. October 28, 2008 09:34 am. - (SomaliNet) While Leaders of several southern African countries are meeting in Harare to try to solve the current political impasse in Zimbabwe in a hotel, police arrested approximately 50 demonstrato Read More...

DRC: Thousands flee rebel troops in eastern Congo
Tue. October 28, 2008 09:31 am. - (SomaliNet) Thousands of people are on the run from rebel troops in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They include all 20,000 inhabitants of a refugee camp near the village of Kibumb Read More...

Zimbabwe: Gov’t, opposition MDC resume talks
Tue. October 28, 2008 09:27 am. - (SomaliNet) A summit is being held in Zimbabwean capital Harare on the political crisis gripping Zimbabwe after one week's delay. A meeting scheduled for last week in Swaziland fell through beca Read More...

Poor African nations should attend global financial crisis summit-Benin leader
Mon. October 27, 2008 08:49 am. - (SomaliNet) Benin's president said at the weekend that poor African countries should be invited to an international summit on the global financial crisis next month. From November 7-9, Finance mi Read More...

Egypt: Egyptian court fines TV boss $27 000 over riot broadcasts
Mon. October 27, 2008 08:44 am. - (SomaliNet) A television agency boss was on Sunday fined US$27 000 by an Egyptian court fined after his company broadcast images of food rioters tearing down portraits of President Hosni Mubarak in Ap Read More...

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